List of theme songs which don't mention their show in the lyrics
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Excluded from list is: Instrumentals (songs have to be actual songs, not instrumentals)
- All About Me ("It's a Brighter Day" sung by Catherine Porter)
- All in the Family ("Those Were the Days", sung by show's stars Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton)
- American Dreams ("Generation", by Emerson Hart and Nicole Hart)
- As Told By Ginger
- Baby Blues ("It's All Been Done," sung by Barenaked Ladies)
- Baretta ("Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow," sung by Sammy Davis Jr.)
- Blossom ("My Opinionation," sung by Dr. John)
- Bosom Buddies ("My Life" by Billy Joel)
- Budgie ("Nobody's Fool and Nobody's Friend", sung by the show's star Adam Faith, series 2 only)
- Charmed ("How Soon Is Now?" by Love Spit Love)
- Cheers ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name" sung by Gary Portnoy)
- Dawson's Creek ("I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole)
- The Drew Carey Show ("Cleveland Rocks" and "Five O'Clock World")
- The Dukes of Hazzard ("Good Ol' Boys" by Waylon Jennings)
- Firefly ("Ballad of Serenity")
- Frasier ("Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs", sung by the show's star Kelsey Grammer, closing theme)
- Friends ("I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts)
- Full House
- Fullmetal Alchemist ("Ready Steady Go" by L'Arc en Ciel)
- Gilmore Girls (a rerecorded "Where You Lead" sung by Carole King and her daughter Louise Goffin)
- The Golden Girls ("Thank You For Being a Friend")
- Grace Under Fire ("Lady Madonna" covered by Aretha Franklin)
- The Greatest American Hero ("Believe It or Not" by Joey Scarsbury)
- Happy Days (first theme song, "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets)
- Hardcastle & McCormick ("Back to Back") & ("Drive")
- The Jeffersons ("Movin' On Up")
- Kath & Kim ("The Joker")
- Laverne and Shirley ("Making Our Dreams Come True" by Cyndi Grecco)
- Malcolm in the Middle ("Boss Of Me" by They Might Be Giants)
- Married... with Children ("Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra)
- M*A*S*H ("Suicide is Painless", usually instrumental, sometimes sung by the cast)
- Mary Tyler Moore ("Love is All Around" by Sonny Curtis)
- Minder ("I Could Be So Good For You", sung by Dennis Waterman, closing theme)
- Monk ("It's a Jungle Out There" by Randy Newman, used from second season onward)
- The Mountain ("I Miss You" by Blink 182)
- The O.C. ("California" by Phantom Planet)
- One Tree Hill ("I Don't Wanna Be" By Gavin DeGraw)
- Out of This World ("Swing on a Star")
- The Partridge Family ("Come On, Get Happy")
- Party of Five ("Closer to Free" by BoDeans)
- Perfect Strangers ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now")
- Red Dwarf ("Fun in the Sun")
- Rescue Me (2004) ("C'Mon C'Mon" by The Von Bondies)
- The Royle Family (Half the World Away by Oasis)
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years ("Standing at the Edge of Tomorrow")
- Star Trek: Enterprise ("Faith Of The Heart" by Russell Watson)
- Stingray ("Aqua Marina" by Barry Gray sung by Gary Miller, closing theme)
- Veronica Mars ("We Used To Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols)
- A Very Peculiar Practice ("We Love You" by Dave Greenslade sung by Elkie Brooks)
- Walker, Texas Ranger ("The Eyes of the Ranger," sung by Chuck Norris)
- Watching ("What Does He See in Me?" sung by Emma Wray)
- The Wonder Years ("With a Little Help from My Friends", sung by Joe Cocker)
- The X-Files ("Materia Primoris" composed by Mark Snow)
Science fiction problem
Both Alien Nation and Farscape use theme songs with "alien" lyrics, which therefore may or may not mention the titles in their original languages.